Baptism
True or False: Anyone--even an atheist--can baptize someone as long as they use water and the correct words: "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
TRUE. Jesus says in John 3: "Unless you are reborn of water and the spirit, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Baptism is so essential that God allows it to be used broadly by anyone.
The Jews disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no _____ in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Life.
True or False: Only a bishop can confirm someone.
False. Priests can confirm someone who they're also baptizing (as at the Easter Vigil). And with the bishop's permission, a priest can confirm a previously-baptized person.
True or False: God only forgives your sins after you've completed your assigned penance by the priest (two Hail Mary's or whatever the penance was).
False. The priest giving you absolution ("God, the Father of mercies...") forgives your sins. The penance afterward does not cause the sins to be forgiven; rather, it's a sign of your contrition and your intention to be converted.
True or False: In an emergency, a priest can ordain a man to the priesthood.
False! Only bishops can ordain men to the priesthood
True or False: An infant can only be baptized with their parents' approval.
True! If the parents don't want the child baptized, the child cannot be baptized. Infants are only baptized if there is a "well-founded hope" that they will be raised Catholic.
True. The Body and the Blood of Jesus are both contained in one host, or in one drop from the chalice.
Sails, that catch inspirations from the Holy Spirit and propel us by God's power to heaven
When did Jesus give his apostles the power to forgive sins?
John 20:21-23 -- Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
On what day did Jesus institute the priesthood?
Name something in the Old Testament that foreshadows Baptism.
Noah's ark or Moses crossing through the Red Sea
Fr. Mike likes to say the Mass can be explained in 10 words:
"The Mass is a ____ . We give _____ to ____ ."
"The Mass is a sacrifice. We give God to God."
True or False: You must be at least 11 years of age to be confirmed.
True or False: A priest can break the seal of confession if someone confesses they've committed very serious crimes (e.g., murder or robberies) and are planning to do so in the future.
False. There is never--ever--a reason for a priest to break the seal of confession.
What is the youngest age you can be ordained to the priesthood?
Can. 1031 §1. The priesthood is not to be conferred except on those who have completed the twenty-fifth year of age and possess sufficient maturity.
True or False: A baptized person shares in Jesus Christ's offices of Priest, Prophet and King.
TRUE!
John's Gospel. John has the Bread of Life discourse instead...
John 6: 48-51 -- I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Confirmation is one of the Sacraments of ____
Initiation
False. Knowingly failing to confess a mortal sin when you're in confession is itself a mortal sin and the confession is not valid (God has not yet forgive you; He will as soon as you make a complete confession of all of your mortal sins).
How many priests are in the Catholic Church?
Trick question: there is only ONE PRIEST and that's Jesus Christ. All priests simply participate in the one priesthood of Jesus
What blessed oil is used in Baptisms (and Confirmations and Ordinations)?
Sacred Chrism
True or False: You can use rice wine to celebrate Mass.
False. You must you grape wine (red or white is fine...).
True or False: If you're in mortal sin, your confirmation does not take and you need to be confirmed again.
False. You cannot be confirmed twice. Once you're confirmed, you are confirmed.
True or False: You can receive the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin.
False. Receiving the Eucharist in the state of mortal sin is itself a mortal sin.
True or False: a priest can only hear confessions validly if a bishop gives him faculties (permission) to do so.
TRUE! A bishop gives a priest faculties to hear confessions, preach, celebrate marriages, and celebrate Mass publicly.